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Welcome to a Moment to Pause with Br Michael Moore OMI as we journey through Holy Week. Good morning and welcome to our morning prayer as we continue Holy Week. This evening we are invited to each one last meal with Jesus, and during this meal, Jesus washes his friends and our feet before he is raised up on the cross. Jesus bends low as a slave to serve us. If we are to remember him when we share...

Welcome to a Moment to Pause with Br Michael Moore OMI as we journey through Holy Week.  Good morning and welcome to our morning prayer as we continue Holy week. We are present at a third meal today. Judas seals not only his own fate, but also Jesus’. He carries out the betrayal he began when they were eating together yesterday. Jesus repeats his words,‘one of you will betray me’. How do I feel wh...

Welcome to a Moment to Pause with Br Michael Moore OMI as we journey through Holy Week.  Good morning and welcome to our morning prayer as we continue Holy Week. Today we are presented with another meal. We hear Jesus speak directly to Judas and Peter. Judas betrays Jesus when he accepts a piece of bread from him. Peter is full of sincere words, but as we know by Friday, his actions were let him d...

Welcome to a Moment to Pause. Good morning and welcome to our morning prayer as we continue Holy Week. A question we might ask ourselves as Holy Week unfolds is where am I as all these things happen to Jesus these days? Am I watching from a safe distance, protecting myself, or am I with Jesus? He offered each of us the same invitation “Take up your cross and follow me.” Am I still carrying my cros...

Welcome everyone on this Palm Sunday to A Moment to Pause. We are now moving into Holy Week. After the crowds triumphant jubilation as Jesus enters Jerusalem, the same crowd that cheers him would days later demand his crucifixion. How fickle the nature of popular favour when expectations are not met. This week the mood changes and as solemness descends. What thoughts or feelings arise as you read...

Welcome today to A Moment to Pause with Pauline Thomas. Following the raising of Lazarus, the Jewish leaders, fearing Roman intervention, plot Jesus's death. In today's gospel, John chapter 11 45 to 56, we hear Caiaphas saying, “You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.” The end for Jesus is drawing close. So he goes...

Hello again, and welcome to A Moment to Pause. In today's Gospel John chapter 10, 31 to 42, Jesus is facing mounting hostility with Jewish leaders attempting to stone him for blasphemy. He speaks again of his own identity as being the one whom the father has consecrated and sent into the world. He says, I am the Son of God. If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me. But if I perform...

Hello, everyone.  Welcome to a Moment to Pause today, the 26th of March. Today's gospel John Chapter 8 5:1-59 is focused on the identity of Jesus. A little earlier, he had presented himself as the light of the world, using at least three times the expression “I am”, that forcefully recalls God's name as it was revealed to Moses. Jesus goes on to say, “if anyone keeps my word, he will never see dea...

Welcome to a Moment to Pause. Today we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. It was a humble, hidden event. No one saw it. No one except Mary knew of it. When Mary said her "yes" to the angel's announcement, Jesus was conceived, and with him began the new era of human history. Mary, although disturbed by the difficulties this announcement presented her with, responded, “Behold, I am...

Hello. Welcome to a Moment to Pause with Pauline Thomas. In today's gospel passage, John chapter 8:21 to 30, Jesus is addressing the Pharisees and warning them that they will die in their sin because they reject and fail to believe that he is the “I am the promised Saviour.” He is using the divine name, “I am”, claiming equality with God. He highlights the division between his heavenly origin and...

Hello everyone, and welcome to a Moment to Pause. I’m Pauline Thomas, and I’ll be with you through this coming week. In the gospel reading today, John chapter 8:1 to 11, we hear of the woman caught in adultery brought before Jesus by her accusers, who cited the scriptures to condemn her. Jesus, the Word of God, neither judges or condemns her, but completely rehabilitates the woman, restoring her h...

Welcome to A Moment to Pause. I'm Pauline Thomas, and I'll be with you through this coming week. Today's gospel for this, the fifth Sunday of Lent, is from John, chapter 11:1 to 45. In this gospel passage, we hear of the raising of Lazarus. We see the grief of Martha and Mary when they say to Jesus, if you had been here, our brother would not have died. Jesus feels their grief with them. He wept w...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today’s time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today’s short 90 second podcast. In today's gospel reading from John we see that even some of the authorities are beginning to see a different side to Jesus...some of the police and a Pharisee called Nicodemus. But they are quickly r...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast. Today is the 4th Friday of Lent. When people try to live as God's sons and daughters they're going to meet opposition. We see this in the reading today from the book of Wisdom. and they'll meet opposi...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning everyone once again. And today we have the feast of Saint Joseph. Joseph. It's always associated with Mary and Jesus, consciously or unconsciously. For what do we often hear when someone...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning everyone. Once again, we're together on this Wednesday, the fourth week of Lent. And in today's reading from Isaiah, we read, “Does a woman forget the baby of her breast or fail to cheris...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning everyone. And today we have Saint Patrick. Patrick, 16 years of age, kidnapped by raiders from Ireland, torn from his family, friends, places he knew and loved in his homeland in Britain....

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this, little reflection we have today on Monday, the fourth week of Lent. My name is Father Dermot. I'm an Oblate, and I be with you this week. So in John's Gosp...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning and welcome to today's Oblate prayer and Reflection of the Gospel on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The Gospel comes from Saint John, chapter nine, ver...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning and welcome to today's Oblate prayer and Reflection, on the Saturday of the third week of Lent. The Gospel today comes from Saint Luke chapter 18,...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning. Welcome today's Oblate reflection. On this Friday, the third week of Lent. Today's Gospel comes from Saint Mark, chapter 12, verses 28 to 34. Toda...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to today's Oblate reflection on this, the Thursday of the third week of Lent. In today's Gospel, which is from Saint Luke ch...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast Good morning all. Thank you for joining me on this Wednesday of the third week of Lent. The Gospel today is from Saint Matthew chapter five, verses 17 to 19. Whe...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning everyone, and welcome to today's Oblate reflection on this Tuesday, the third week of Lent. Today's Gospel comes from Saint Matthew chapter 18, ver...

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning and welcome to today's Oblate reflection based on the Gospel of Saint Luke, chapter four, verses 24 to 30. On Monday, the 9th of March, the third w...